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Apartment building in the turkish city of izmir, following fridays earthquake which has killed at least 91 people. After nearly three days under the rubble, rescuers thought Elif Perincek was dead but the little girl reached out and grabbed the thumb of one of her rescuers. She has had an extraordinary escape and is now being treated in hospital. Her mother and twin sister also survived. Time for a look at the weather, heres helen willetts. Still just over a stilljust over a dozen flood warnings...

And Overall Results are up. More disadvantaged students have already been able to get university places, and the clearing process is busy filling up the remaining courses, but there are suggestions that smaller class sizes in private schools will have favoured those students. The nature of the process that quual have applied means institutions with larger cohorts in given subjects are the ones that are most vulnerable to the statistical vagaries of the system. While there is so much to celebrate...

Britains top Police Officer warns that those who break covid rules are now more likely to face fines. The metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick says its preposterous for anyone to claim they dont know what the rules are. Where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known, or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people. Well be getting reaction to the commissioners comments. Also th...

The Prime Minister defends putting millions of people into high coronavirus tiers next week, when englands lockdown ends. Many conservative mps are angry that restrictions arent more locally targeted borisjohnson says he understands but the system needs to be simple. I know its very frustrating for people who feel that there is a high tier area, when there is very little incidence in their village, or the area. I totally understand why people feel so frustrated. But some conservatives say theyll...

This is bbc news. Im victoria derbyshire. Here are the headlines from the uk and around the world. After almost six months at home, its back to school for millions more children in england and wales. Because we have been at home for so long, so it is very nice that we are able to come back to school and find new friends and things like that. Quite nervous because its my first day but i feel like it will be, like, nice meeting new people. Lockdown restrictions in the uk, affecting more than a Mil...

This is bbc news, the headlines President Trump has ended negotiations with congress over a multi trillion dollar stimulus package to help the us economy recover from the pandemic. He says he will only resume talks after the election. A leading democrat says mr trump is putting himself first at the expense of the country. The senior white house adviser, stephen miller, has become the latest of over a dozen members of Donald Trumps inner circle to test positive for coronvirus since the president ...

Indonesias search for answers divers spend a third day looking for black box recorders from the Sriwijaya Airjet that crashed into the sea with 62 people on board. What are with nine days left in office, president Trumps Administration returns cuba to the official us blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism. And struggles with a stammer. How the president elect overcame his and the challenges this poses for millions. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Donald trumps da...

Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is promising big changes following his brexit trade deal. But his finance minister rishi sunak has sought to reassure the city of london that the post brexit trade deal will not damage the Financial Services industry. A mass Coronavirus Vaccination Campaign is underway in the european union. The new covid variant caused several countries to begin inoculations a day ahead of the planned rollout. Millions of americans have...

Youre watching bbc news. The headlines. The total number of people who have died in hospitalfrom coronavirus in the uk has risen by 938 to more than 7000. However, the director of the National Health service at the number of new infections and hospital admissions were starting to show signs of flattening. Theres growing concern in the United States over the apparently disproportionate impact of on black americans. Statistics from chicago alone to show its black population accounted for 70 of dea...

This is bbc news, im reeta chakrabarti. The headlines. Nearly two Million People across most of the north east of england are set for tougher coronavirus restrictions from midnight, after a rise in cases. We do not take these decisions lightly. We agree with the local councils that we must follow the data and act, and the data says that we must act now. A similar story in south wales where almost half a Million People in Rhondda Cynon taff will have stricter lockdown rules from 6pm this evening....